वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-23, verse-21

विप्रघुष्टस्वनानां च दुन्दुभींश्चापि निघ्नताम् ।
तेषां सुतुमुलः शब्दः पूरयामास तद्वनम् ॥२१॥

21. vipraghuṣṭasvanānāṃ ca dundubhīṃścāpi nighnatām ,
teṣāṃ sutumulaḥ śabdaḥ pūrayāmāsa tadvanam.

21. vipraghuṣṭasvanānām ca dundubhīn ca api nighnatām
teṣām sutumulaḥ śabdaḥ pūrayāmāsa tat vanam

21. ca vipraghuṣṭasvanānām ca api dundubhīn nighnatām
teṣām sutumulaḥ śabdaḥ tat vanam pūrayāmāsa

21. And of those (Rākṣasas) with loud shouts and who were also beating drums, their exceedingly tumultuous sound filled that forest.

Words meanings summery:

• विप्रघुष्टस्वनानाम् (vipraghuṣṭasvanānām) - of those who had widely proclaimed sounds (or loud shouts) (of those whose sounds were proclaimed, of those with loud shouts)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• दुन्दुभीन् (dundubhīn) - drums

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

• निघ्नताम् (nighnatām) - of those who were beating (drums) (of those striking, of those beating)

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - their (referring to the Rākṣasas) (of them, their)

• सुतुमुलः (sutumulaḥ) - exceedingly tumultuous (very tumultuous, extremely fierce, exceedingly violent)

• शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - sound, noise (sound, noise, word)

• पूरयामास (pūrayāmāsa) - filled

• तत् (tat) - that

• वनम् (vanam) - that forest (forest, wood)

Words meanings and morphology

विप्रघुष्टस्वनानाम् (vipraghuṣṭasvanānām) - of those who had widely proclaimed sounds (or loud shouts) (of those whose sounds were proclaimed, of those with loud shouts)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vipraghuṣṭasvana

vipraghuṣṭasvana - having proclaimed sounds, loud-sounding

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vipraghuṣṭa+svana)

• vipraghuṣṭa – loudly proclaimed, widely announced, much sounded
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root 'ghuṣ' (to sound) with prefixes 'vi' and 'pra'.
  Prefixes: vi+pra
  Root: ghuṣ (class 1)
• svana – sound, noise, roar
  noun (masculine)
  Root 'svan' (to sound)
  Root: svan (class 1)

Note: Genitive plural, qualifying the implied Rākṣasas.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

दुन्दुभीन् (dundubhīn) - drums

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dundubhi

dundubhi - drum, war-drum

Note: Object of the action 'nighnatām'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

निघ्नताम् (nighnatām) - of those who were beating (drums) (of those striking, of those beating)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nighnat

nighnat - striking, beating, killing

Present Active Participle

Root 'han' (to strike, kill) with prefix 'ni'.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Genitive plural, present active participle, qualifying the implied Rākṣasas.

तेषाम् (teṣām) - their (referring to the Rākṣasas) (of them, their)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सुतुमुलः (sutumulaḥ) - exceedingly tumultuous (very tumultuous, extremely fierce, exceedingly violent)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sutumula

sutumula - very tumultuous, extremely fierce, exceedingly violent

'su-' (prefix, intensifying) + 'tumula' (tumultuous).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+tumula)

• su – good, well, excellent, very
  indeclinable
• tumula – tumultuous, noisy, agitated, fierce
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Qualifying 'śabdaḥ'.

शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - sound, noise (sound, noise, word)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śabda

śabda - sound, noise, word, speech

Root: śabd (class 10)

Note: Subject of 'pūrayāmāsa'.

पूरयामास (pūrayāmāsa) - filled

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of pūr

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular (periphrastic perfect)

Formed with the auxiliary root 'ās' in perfect tense, with the stem 'pūraya' (causative of 'pūr').

Root: pṛ / pūr (class 10)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Nominative/Accusative singular neuter. Here it qualifies 'vanam', which is in the accusative case.

वनम् (vanam) - that forest (forest, wood)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

Root: van (class 8)

Note: Object of 'pūrayāmāsa'.

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